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New year, new look

{ Posted on Jan 02 2010 by annegentle }

Tags : design, hand-drawn, theme, web, WordPress
Categories : social media

If you're visiting the site rather than reading this post through a feed reader, you'll notice some changes to the look of the site. I'm using the Excellence theme from BlogOhBlog with some tweaking. While the theme enables ads, I've ...Read More »

Hone writing skills or specialize?

{ Posted on Dec 28 2009 by annegentle }

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Tags : community, content, contentstrategy, user-generated content, web, writing
Categories : Featured, social media

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness ...Read More »

Content strategy and web writing

{ Posted on Dec 16 2009 by annegentle }

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Tags : content, strategy, web, writing
Categories : social media, techpubs, tools, work, writing

Boy, it must be getting harder and harder to be a web writer. I'm reading Content Strategy for the Web, and the web writer job description is intimidating! The quote that stuck with me talks about the Web Writers Real ...Read More »

Casual users and Power users – what type of online help do they want?

{ Posted on May 11 2009 by annegentle }

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Tags : community, online community, online help, social, social web, user assistance, web
Categories : techpubs

I have been scanning through some of the presentations at the STC Summit that I had to miss due to the packed schedule, and Scott DeLoach's presentation, Best Practices for Developing User Assistance caught my eye. He has slide after ...Read More »

Firefox Book Sprint complete!

{ Posted on Mar 19 2009 by annegentle }

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Tags : Book Sprint, BookSprint, browser, Firefox, Floss Manuals, free, web, wiki
Categories : techpubs

Wow, we did it! A book in two days thanks to a great group of writers, an excellent Subject Matter Expert, and remote contributors from Calgary to Moscow to Bangalore. This sprint was our first serious attempt to include remote ...Read More »

What is Anne Gentle up to?

{ Posted on Feb 19 2009 by annegentle }

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Tags : content, DITA, FLOSS, Floss Manuals, Lulu, OLPC, web, Web 2.0, Winter Camp
Categories : DITA, OLPC, blogging, techpubs, tools, wiki

I finally feel some energy returning after my eye injury about a month ago, although my right eye remains dilated which still means that side is a bit out-of-focus and I don't like driving at night. I feel like I ...Read More »